66 November 2016 - Business View Caribbean
Barbados Agricultural Development
and Marketing Corporation
The focus is on food
The mission of The Barbados Agricultural Development
and Marketing Corporation (BADMC) is to develop the
non-sugar, agricultural sector of the country through
innovative technological applications and technical
and marketing research, and to create opportunities
for investment that engenders enterprise, food secu-
rity, and prosperity.
BADMC is a statutory corporation of the Barbadian
government’s Ministry of Agriculture, and is governed
by its own Board of Directors. It was formed in 1993 by
combining two existing operations - the Barbados Ag-
ricultural Development Corporation and the Barbados
Marketing Corporation - with the idea that the overall
agricultural sector in Barbados would ultimately be
benefited more by a strong unified entity than with
separate organizations whose individual financial for-
tunes weren’t necessarily similar.
According to Shawn Tudor, the CEO of BADMC, for
many years, agriculture in Barbados was not consid-
ered an important part of its economy and the food
